๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit เคชเฅเคฐเฅเคท (pรบruแนฃa). Cognate with Pali purisa.
Noun
๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa)
- man, male
- Synonym: ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa)
- servant, agent
Alternative forms
Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Lauriya-Araraj, Lauriya-Nandangarh and Rampurva.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (โman, maleโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Delhi-Topra | ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa) | |
| Rampurva | ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa) | ||
| Lauriya-Nandangarh | ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa) | ||
| Lauriya-Araraj | ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa) | ||
| Bairat | ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ (mฤnลซsa) | ?๐ซ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ nom.pl (mฤnลซsฤ) | |
| Allahabad-Kosambi | ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa) | ||
| Sahasram | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa) | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ nom.pl (munisฤ) | |
| Gujarra | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa) | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ nom.pl (munisa) | |
| Panguraria | ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฒ (manusa) | ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (manusehi) | |
| Bahapur | ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ (mฤnลซsa) | ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ธ nom.pl (mฤnลซsฤ) | |
| East | Dhauli | ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa) | |
| South | Yerragudi | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa) | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ nom.pl (munisฤ) |
| Siddapura | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa) | ?๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ nom.pl (munisฤ) | |
| Brahmagiri | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa) | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ nom.pl (munisฤ) | |
| Nittur | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa) | ๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ธ nom.pl (munisฤ) | |
| Gavimath | ๐ซ๐ธ๐ก๐ผ๐ฒ (mฤแนusa) | ๐ซ๐ธ๐ก๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (mฤแนusehi) | |
| Palkigundu | ๐ซ๐ธ๐ก๐ผ๐ฒ (mฤแนusa) | ๐ซ๐ธ๐ก๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ณ๐บ ins.pl (mฤแนusehi) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (โman, maleโ) | ||
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๐ซ๐ผ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ (munisa) (6) ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa) (6) ๐ซ๐ธ๐ก๐ผ๐ฒ (mฤแนusa) (2) ๐ซ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ (mฤnลซsa) (2) ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฒ (manusa) (1) | ||
Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: ๐ง๐ผ๐ญ๐บ๐ฒ (purisa)
- Magadhi Prakrit: ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฐ (puliลa)
- Maharastri Prakrit: ๐ง๐ผ๐ญ๐บ๐ฒ (purisa)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: ๐ง๐ผ๐ญ๐บ๐ฒ (purisa)
References
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 84.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โpรบruแนฃaโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press